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Biden urges Democrats to support his plan for social programs, climate change

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday urged House Democrats to embrace a framework on a $1.75 trillion bill to address the nation’s social safety net programs and climate crisis, though details on some of its major policies are still unresolved.

Biden went to Capitol Hill to make a pitch for the agenda-fulfilling legislation before he departs for international summits in Europe in the afternoon.

“We have a framework that will get 50 votes in the United States Senate,” Biden told House Democrats in the basement of the Capitol, according to a person familiar with the remarks. “I don’t think it’s hyperbole to say that

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